iOS Engineer - TikTok Search Business

Responsibilities
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.
Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.
We are looking for motivated individuals interested in complex engineering challenges around one of the most important aspects of TikTok. You will have the opportunity to work closely with a multidisciplinary team of Mobile Engineers, Frontend Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists in a high-impact and fast-paced environment.
Our team is responsible for providing TikTok search users with first-class search experience by building a strong and robust infrastructure and platform to support product fast iteration and key feature development. In our team, you'll have the opportunity to take part in developing the key features on TikTok Search, understand how TikTok Search could be evolved to be a multi-billion-user product and first-handed experience how user request varies on this giant from time to time. We encourage a culture of self-driven, intellectual curiosity, openness and problem-solving.
As an iOS Engineer on the Search team, you will:
- Create and refine high performance mobile apps that push the limits of mobile technology
- Work closely with our product team to conceptualize, develop, and launch new and innovative features
- Design, architect and implement well-tested iOS software which powers search experiences in TikTok
- Promote robust and maintainable code, clear documentation, and deliver high quality work on a tight schedule.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Proficiency in at least one of these programming languages: Objective-C, Swift
- Ability to understand and debug large and complex code bases
- Good team communication and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent majors with experience in native iOS development
- Strong understanding of software development principles, capabilities and limitations of mobile platforms and Google clean Architecture is a plus
- Passion and experience building consumer-facing products is a huge plus; We would love to hear about apps you've developed!
TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at